Articles: Russia

The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak The Cynical Calculations of a Wagner Mercenary The Wagner Group staged an armed rebellion yesterday… before their leader suddenly backed down. The Counteroffensive spoke to a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

A Spy Windfall Looms from Russian Chaos Conditions are ripe for Kremlin rats to offer secrets for safe passage out Jeff Stein Jun 25, 2023 On April 1, 1953, a U.S… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

News Desk The Wagner Group Is a Crisis of Putin’s Own Making For a decade, the Russian President outsourced his military ambitions to the mercenary force and its pugnacious leader, Yevgeny… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

National Security U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was planning armed action in Russia The intelligence fed concerns about whether Vladimir Putin would remain in power and what any instability could… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Scenes from Wagner’s mutiny: Coffee in camo, street sweeping between tanks By Dalton Bennett June 25, 2023 at 8:57 a.m. EDT Some residents of Rostov-on-Don went about their daily lives during… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

International Wagner chief says his fighters crossed into Russia as Moscow calls for surrender by Jared Gans – 06/23/23 10:19 PM ET The chief of the private contractor Wagner Group said… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Russia Coup: Pop Goes the Weasel Did US intelligence see Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt coming? A tale of pizza boxes tells the story. Jeff Stein Jun 24, 2023 What links the CIA… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Russia-Ukraine War Paramilitary Chief Abruptly Ends Standoff in Russia Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, halted his march on Moscow and withdrew his forces from a southern Russia… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Daily Comment Putin’s Weakness Unmasked How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion exposed the Russian President. By David Remnick June 24, 2023 As Putin has grown more distant and preposterously wealthy, Prigozhin has taken… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

Analysis Prigozhin’s Mutiny Is the Beginning of Putin’s End Nobody in Russia understands what the war in Ukraine is about. And now, nobody knows if that war is coming to them.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →